[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33642: Improve default Imagick compression settings

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#33642: Improve default Imagick compression settings
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 Reporter:  joemcgill    |       Owner:  joemcgill
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  4.5
Component:  Media        |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by mikeschroder):

 Replying to [comment:10 jared_smith]:
 > I thought it would also be a good time to mention that GraphicsMagick is
 a binary compatible fork of ImageMagick, but is much more efficient than
 ImageMagick.  It also happens to be what big sites like Flickr and Etsy
 use.

 The reason we're not using Gmagick is that it's not a popular (currently,
 anyway) PHP module available across hosting providers. I'd be open to the
 idea of optionally instantiating a Gmagick object (when available) if it
 can be shown to be "compatible enough." However: Even within the
 Imagick/Imagemagick versions, though, there is so much variety in
 compatibility of functions and behaviors that we'd likely end up with a
 separate `WP_Image_Editor` for very few users' benefit.

 In which case it'd make the most sense to use the
 [https://wordpress.org/plugins/gmagick/ Gmagick Plugin].

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